November 8, 2009 Engineering & Science Crossword Puzzle


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Wireless & RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle - RF Cafe

ACROSS

1. ______, passive RF component manufacturer in Huntersville, NC (1 wd + 1 abbr.)

6. Inventor of the incandescent light bulb

11. Upper frequency (abbr.)

12. Electromagnetic (abbr.)

13. Chemical symbol for silicon

14. 1E6 nanoseconds

16. Integrated circuit (abbr.)

18. Time division duplex (abbr.)

21. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)

23. Megacycles (abbr.)

24. Last stage in transmitter (abbr., pl.)

26. KJ _______, passive RF components manufacturer in Korea

27. Method of self-detection and self-fixing transmission of digital data (abbr.)

28. Chemical symbol for krypton

30. 1/000 of an amp

31. One tier of a PCB

33. Lower sideband (abbr.)

35. ICs

36. 3 GHz to 30 GHz

38. Automatic Send-Receive (abbr.)

40. He developed an alphabet composed of dots and dashes

41. Collection of datapoints plotted on a graph

43. Type of logic gate

46. U.K. equivalent of the IEEE

48. Unit for 1,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)

49. _-____, VCO manufacturer in San Diego, CA

51. Test equipment (abbr.)

52. Lowest power level capable of being demodulated (abbr.)

54. Powers pneumatic devices

55. Special diode type that can be switched (abbr.)

57. Wavelength Division Multiplexing

59. Teflon (abbr.)

60. Volts divided by resistance

62. Internet mail protocol (abbr.)

63. Term used in soldering to achieve the condition that occurs when the metals being soldered are hot enough to melt the solder so it flows over the surface

64. ____ Electronics - RF/microwave components manufacturer in Denville, NJ

DOWN

2. Band between RF and BB

3. Device under test (abbr.)

4. Reduction-oxidation (abbr.)

5. Type of modulation (abbr.)

6. Chemical symbol for einsteinium

7. Trigger diode that conducts current only after its breakdown voltage has been exceeded momentarily (pl.)

8. Miniature threaded RF connector

9. Unix, Linux or Windows (abbr.)

10. High power density battery chemistry (abbr.)

15. MS database

17. Chemical symbol for calcium

19. Type of current

20. Sends a file over a network (abbr.)

22. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

23. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc.

25. ________ Solutions, cellphone & wireless RF device manufacturer in Woburn, MA

27. ________ Microwave, passive RF component manufacturer in Fairview, TX

29. One component of a complex number (abbr.)

30. Unit of inductance (abbr.)

32. Receiver power level circuitry (abbr.)

33. 30 kHz to 300 kHz

34. Stock symbol for Boeing

35. Constellation : The southern cross

37. Chemical symbol for helium

39. Chemical symbol for scandium

40. Chemical symbol for molybdenum

42. BS__ - the degree held by many RF Cafe visitors

43. Stock symbol for National Semiconductor

44. Threaded fastener

45. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (abbr.)

47. Electronic warfare defense (abbr.)

49. IC socket type for easy insertion & removal (abbr.)

50. Wire diameter unit (abbr.)

53. Cellphone band below PCS

54. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.)

56. Angular speed unit

58. Motorola's "Digital ___"

59. Chemical symbol for platinum

61. Chemical symbol for selenium


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